my mind is blown that any chess player could be below a 1300

Kasporov, you are a stupid douchebag. Who the fuck are you to call people mentally challenged or retards for being under 1300? 
You are a 1100 player in correspondance chess dummy.  

You realize that many many people here are under 1300? So all of them are a bunch of idiots?

In order to improve, you have to study, you have to work. Many people play chess just for fun. How about people that is 1500 and lose to some 1200 opponent? By your stupid logic, who is dumber? The 1200 for being below a 1300 or the 1500 for losing to someone below 1300?

How old are you? You sound like a little brat that thinks he is the big deal. I have much more respect for a 100 ELO player than I have for you. And I don't care how strong you are at chess.  

Who are you again? Exactly, you are a nobody. So shut up and GTFO of here. 

simple answer:  too much playing, not enough studying.  

Life is like this. Eventually you will lose on time.

I agree most of the low rated players never study chess and play for fun , me too. but it feels good to beat higher rated players though.

I guess all players should be above normal is that it ??  Given the rating system some players have to be 1300 or less. 

and you've only managed to get to 1857 since then? 

Seems rather sad.

yeah multiple state tournament 1st place finishes, and a national 1st place finish is pretty sad

like I've said, I havent played competetive chess or practiced hard since elementary but I still fool around yet still an 1800.

1. I never called anyone mentally handicapped for being a sub 1300 player. I was referencing a post by someone who claimed they knew a person playing chess for 20 years who is still a 900. I cannot imagine anyone playing chess for 20 years yet still a 900 , and normal.

2. I barely joined chess.com like 2 weeks, and I'm low rated in correspondence chess so I can play in a sub 1400 section in a tournament. I'm 1860 for blitz & bullet.

3. I know life gets in  the way of things, which is why I said if you have practiced for more than 3 months yet still below a 1300 rated that is bad. A 1500 might lose to a 1200 but that is highly unlikely. You are using a stupid fallacy to make my logic wrong.

4. I dont claim to be a bigshot in chess, I am just curious what goes on the mind of a sub 1300 rated player why they cannot reach past 1300 rating after practicing for a long time. Obviously if your new to chess and it's your 2nd week playing, this thread does not apply to you.

and if your calling me a nobody then lol @ you. I have accomplished way more stuff in chess in my prime  at a young age than you have your entire life. but then again, your a 1400 in live chess so your most likely under 1300 in real life OTB, so your probally frusterated.

Funny you didn't take issue with being a 'stupid douchebag'.

I'm still sticking with "lack of reading chess resources"..  if you study some basic chess openings and endgames, that's probably already enough to break 1300;  if not, a few hundred tactics puzzles should clear that up.

if you think I'm stupid, and I'm higher rated than both of you, then that makes you?

This thread has a potential for, like, at least five hundred posts. Unless the mods lock it, that is.

not analyzing professional games seems like another thing that holds people back.  I just started recently and have learned so much already, it will definitely increase my rating with time

I have noticed the same problem in e-sports such as league of legends or counter-strike...  lots of people just want to play since it's more fun and instantly rewarding than studying strategy, and they reach a skill cap, or at least a point when they progress in rank much slower than they could if they took 30 minutes a day to watch the pros, or read up on why they do what they do

funny cuz ur online chess rating is 1157 and best win against a player 1164.. oh i know ur reply will be "i only play blitz" :D

I'm not sure.

But I'm at least smart enough to know it isn't cool going around and acting condescending toward others because they can't or choose not to work to get past a 1300 rating at chess.

I only play blitz when I'm tired and drinking. Vodka is no ELO booster.

By definition, there will be people rated below 1300. If you don't get that, you don't understand the ELO system.

but then again we are in a chess website where we play chess, not in a life competition.

there is no need to get frusterated & start making personal remarks just because you cant achieve a 1300 in blitz. if your new to chess, or play it every once in awhile for fun, then it's ok.

but if you constantly play chess, and practice yet you are still a sub 1300 rated player then son, I got sum bad news for you....

if you actually read any of my posts, you would know that I barely made this account like 3 weeks ago, and the only reason my chess correspondence rating is low is because I'm going to compete in a tournament section requireing me to have a certain raiting limit. 

I've only played like 5 correspondence chess , but I've played more than 50 bullet/blitz and I'm 1800+

i understand ,, some ppl r good in blitz and some r good in standard chess.. good luck